The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-10-28
LOCAL NEWS

Get ready for skiing Winter"
Hands are worn in the pockets
now.
The freigh, traffic on the L. & N.
M. is Increasing.
Lewis & Son are ready to buy pork
prices from 81 SO to $500.
]. w. Hubbard was at Hamu brig,
Tuesday, calling OH Hon. VIM. Bal.
Woodland Bros. shipped car load
of furniture to New York city Tues.
day.
Frieseke Bros. shipped Ioo, 700
brick 10 Ovid this week to the Scofield
Company.
!. Mrs. A. c. Lyon of Flint visited at
the home of w. A. Woodland the first
of the week
Our prediction, that in 1888 more
building will be done IN Owosso than
in any one year of its history.
Sam Sharpstein, the we'll known
photographer, has been about the
city during the week. He has sold
his business in Detroit.
One of the large plate glass in
the windows of Hartshorn, Nysewan.
der & Co.'S store was broken Monday,
shattering It into thousand pieces.
Insured.
~ Young mems prayer meeting will
meet at Baptist chapel, Wednesday
evening, Nov. and. TOO, standard
time. All young men are cordially
invited to be present.
On account of the water being
lowered in the river by the material
being taken out of the dam, the
Owosso Ice Co. will have to get their
ice from the lakes hereafter.
The Detroit Tribune of Sunday
contained an article by Rev. c. De
w. Brewer, of this city, on the an
archist question. The Tribune gave
it the leading place in its editorial
column-no small honor.
We have not spare time to trim
over our store. We have great guam
titles of goods and are so busy wait
ing on our customers and receiving
new goods that we have no time for
decoration. OsBURN & Sons.
The morning train on the d. & M.
starts at Grand Rapids and the train
passing here at TEAS p. IN. stops at
that point--the trip to Grand Haven
being abandoned. Steamboat con.
nection with the afternoon and mid
night trains.
Chesaning Argus: Oliver Doan
expects to move to Owosso SOON
John Sherman and family are now
residents of Owosso.--Geo. Sweet
has moved his family to Owosso,
where he expects to work for the L &
A. A. Co. on their machine shops.
Woodward & North have the good
of the county fair at heart and are
willing to aid 1t in substantial man.
ner. Their donation to the society of
the premiums awarded them at the
fair $40 was generous act. The
firm think they got their pay IN the
advertisement.
Grahame & Conner have purchased
an apparatus which will be here in
about two weeks, to attach 10 their
soda fountain for dispensing hot
soda, mocha coffee, chocolate, lemo-
made and all the popular hot drinks
This is something new in this city
and we predict large sale.
Pianos and Sewing machines.
Last week Mr.. Dennis, of Ovid,
bought a beautiful cabiEet Grand
Sohmer piano, and the week of the
fair he bought one of the best White
sewing machines. Wealthy men do
not fool away their money on poor
goods. Above were sold by Mich.
S. M. & o. Co, of Owosso.
The L. A. A. & N. M. railway will
lay a side track up the old race course
this fall. This will necessitate a
bridge across the river near the old
dam. 1t will give the Owosso Coal
Co. siding, and be benefit to l..
K. Woodward, Dewey & Stewart and
others. An elevator will also be
built in The. spring.
Why do not Owosso merchants en-
force the ordinance relative to ped
ding from house TO house2 The city
is visited nearly every week by persons
taking orders for goods Of every de-
scription. The ordinance requires
them to pay license OFFS per day.
II is for the interest of oil to have 1t
enforced